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Killing of Cecil the lion prompts calls for EU ban on importing lion trophies [1]

Conservationists and politicians have called on the EU to ban the import of lion heads, paws and skins as hunters’ trophies from African countries that cannot prove their lion populations are susta

Publication Date: 
28/07/2015
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Wildlife [3], Lion [4], Endangered Species [5], European Union (EU) [6], Zimbabwe [7], Hunting [8], Illegal Trade [9], Poaching [10], Africa [11]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/killing-cecil-lion-prompts-calls-eu-ban-importing-lion-trophies
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/guardian-uk
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lion
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zimbabwe
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hunting
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa